The current restrictions on the internet in Iran are coinciding with Nowruz, the observance of the Persian New Year. By Sanam Mahoozi and Abdi Latif Dahir Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is a time of ...

Moscow is in the throes of a major mobile internet blackout as the Russian government tightens restrictions it has touted as necessary to ensure the “security” of its citizens. Subscribe to read this ...

Last week, Google announced new Chrome features: Split View, PDF Annotations, and Save to Google Drive. Split View lets you place two tabs side by side without managing a whole second window. This ...

Amanda Meng receives funding from the State Department. Alberto Dainotti receives funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation. IODA was initially built with funding from the National Science ...

Satellite internet providers have transformed connectivity for rural and hard-to-reach areas, offering options where fiber or cable are unavailable. Starlink dominates with its low-Earth orbit (LEO) ...

The internet is bigger and more fragile than ever, thanks to larger attacks. Much of that growth is driven by bots and AI crawlers. Increasingly, we use smartphones and satellites to access the web.

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. An outage affecting ...

Cloudflare suffered a major outage on Nov. 18, and it took many major platforms down with it. OpenAI, Spotify, X, and Canva were among just some of the websites and services that went down Tuesday ...

The early rise of the internet is usually told as an extension of globalization. New networking technology made instantaneous communication possible, complementing and accelerating international ...

To mark the five-year milestone, Starlink recently shared a promotional video on social media site X, which SpaceX CEO Elon Musk owns. SpaceX's Falcon 9 launched on its first Starlink satellite ...

Dial-up modems had a distinctive sound when connecting, with the glittering, screeching song becoming a familiar melody to those jumping online in the early days of the Internet. Modern digital ...